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Ashley Cummins nearly reached the UFC, a goal she has been chasing for a decade. Most fighters view it as the top of the MMA mountain. Cummins came closer than she ever had when she attempted to compete on Season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter. She fought Lanchana Green at strawweight and lost via se...
UFC 218 was filled with special moments. There was the Fight of the Night war between Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje. Francis Ngannou impressed in his first-round, one-punch destruction of Alistair Overeem. The night was concluded by Max Holloways‘s repeat dismantling of former Featherweight Ch...
Undefeated strawweight amateur prospect Kayla Hracho (4-0) is on the fifth floor of Florida Atlantic University’s Wimberly Library in Boca Raton, FL, trying to explain to a woman what an MMA fighter does. Hracho is taking part in the Human Library event, where people act as Human Books that can b...
Rose Namajunas came in as a +400 underdog against the long reigning champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Namajunas KO’s Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the second round.
The first of three title fights slated for mega-card UFC 217 will go down in the strawweight division. Joanna Jedrzejczyk will look to tie Ronda Rousey’s UFC title defense record for women’s MMA at six. In order to do so, she’ll have to defeat “Thug” Rose Namajunas. How They Got Here Jedrzejczyk...
March 25 will be a special day for Ashley Cummins for a plethora of reasons. Not only will she make her long-awaited return to the cage when she takes on Amber Brown at Invicta FC 22, but she’ll do it at a new weight class in front of her friends, family and teammates. Cummins has […]
It didn’t take long for Jewels & Smackgirl veteran Seo Hee Ham to be picked up following her release from the UFC. “Hamderlei Silva” will head back to ROAD FC. The signing was announced via the ROAD FC website. Regarding the signing, Ham had this to say; “I traveled but I’m back to my home. […]
The UFC added two of the best strawweights on the planet, Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, to UFC 212, the promotion announced on Monday via Twitter. Both Gadelha (14-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Kowalkiewicz (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) have lost to only one woman in their entire professional mixed mart...
It looks like UFC 209 will have a women’s bout on the card after all. On Thursday, Amanda Cooper (2-2, 1-1 UFC) announced via her Instagram that she will be welcoming strawweight prospect Cynthia Calvillo (3-0) to the UFC. Cooper was the runner-up on Season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter, getting sub...
Following a successful UFC debut, 19-year-old Sage Northcutt returns to action vs. the always tough Cody Pfister live on Fight Pass. The bout was announced by the promotion on Monday. Northcutt (6-0) is a life-long martial artist who spent a majority of his young professional career in Legacy FC....
After seven-straight wins to start her young MMA career, Poland’s Kowalkiewicz has announced that she has signed with the UFC on her twitter account. Undefeated Polish strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz signs with the UFC Of her seven wins, five were under the KSW banner and one was under Invicta...
Since its inception in 2013, the UFC Women’s Strawweight division has been gaining attention around the world. The division’s first star was born when Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas to become the inaugural Strawweight Champion in December 2014, although she was usurped by Poland’s Joanna J...
On January 31, 2004 at UFC 46 two champions were dethroned, as Vitor Belfort beat Randy Couture for the UFC light heavyweight title and B.J. Penn tapped out Matt Hughes to capture the 170-pound gold. Fast forward eleven years and once again two divisional title holders were ousted of their titles...
Video: Carla Esparza captures strawweight title against Rose Namajunas The former Invicta FC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza has widely been considered to be the top 115-pound fighter in the world, and she didn’t disappoint on The Ultimate Fighter 20, defeating Angela Hill, Tecia Torres, and ...
This is a new column, where once a week (or so) we preview a MMA fighter from each weight class, who we believe will have great success in their respective weight class for years to come. Criteria for this column includes: the fighter cannot be the champion, cannot be a former champion, and canno...
Last night was the debut of the much-anticipated 20th season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, which includes 16 of the best women’s strawweight fighters competing to become the inaugural UFC strawweight champion. Unlike most seasons, a lot of these fighters were very well known coming into the house. S...